Thrombus detecting apparatus, thrombus treating apparatus and methods therefor
First Claim
1. A thrombus detecting apparatus comprising:
- a transducer, which is attached to a monitor portion of a subject and transmits and receives ultrasonic waves, a transmitter and receiver unit, which transmits and applies driving pulses to the transducer and receives echo signals output from the transducer, anda first detector which processes output signals of the transmitter and receiver unit, and detects a thrombus passing through a blood vessel, anda light source, which generates living body inspection light,a probe, which is attached to a monitor portion of the subject and irradiates the living body inspection light from the light source to the subject,a light receiving unit, which receives living body inspection light irradiated from the probe and passed through the subject and outputs electrical signals depending on the intensity of the received living body inspection light, anda second detector which processes the output signals of the light receiving unit and detects a thrombus passing through a blood vessel,characterized in further comprising a thrombus comprising a thrombus counting unit, which counts both the number of thrombus detected by the first detector and the number of thrombus detected by the second detector.
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Abstract
A thrombus detecting apparatus provided with: a transducer (10), which is attached to a monitor portion of a subject and transmits and receives ultrasonic waves, a transmitter and receiver unit (11), which transmits and applies driving pulses to the transducer (10) and receives echo signals output from the transducer, and a detector (12) making use of ultrasonic waves, which processes output signals of the transmitter and receiver unit (11) and detects a thrombus passing through a blood vessel, and/or a light source (21), which generates living body inspection light, a probe (22), which is attached to a monitor portion of the subject and irradiates the living body inspection light from the light source (21) to the subject, a light receiving unit (25), which receives living body inspection light irradiated from the probe (22) and passed through the subject and outputs electrical signals depending on the intensity of the received living body inspection light, and a detector (26) making use of living body light, which processes the output signals of the light receiving unit (25) and detects a thrombus passing through a blood vessel.
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16 Claims
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1. A thrombus detecting apparatus comprising:
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a transducer, which is attached to a monitor portion of a subject and transmits and receives ultrasonic waves, a transmitter and receiver unit, which transmits and applies driving pulses to the transducer and receives echo signals output from the transducer, and a first detector which processes output signals of the transmitter and receiver unit, and detects a thrombus passing through a blood vessel, and a light source, which generates living body inspection light, a probe, which is attached to a monitor portion of the subject and irradiates the living body inspection light from the light source to the subject, a light receiving unit, which receives living body inspection light irradiated from the probe and passed through the subject and outputs electrical signals depending on the intensity of the received living body inspection light, and a second detector which processes the output signals of the light receiving unit and detects a thrombus passing through a blood vessel, characterized in further comprising a thrombus comprising a thrombus counting unit, which counts both the number of thrombus detected by the first detector and the number of thrombus detected by the second detector. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A thrombus treating apparatus comprising:
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a transducer, which is attached to a monitor portion of a subject and transmits and receives ultrasonic waves, a transmitter and receiver unit, which transmits and applies driving pulses to the transducer and receives echo signals output from the transducer, and a first detector which processes output signals of the transmitter and receiver unit, and detects a thrombus passing through a blood vessel, and a light source, which generates living body inspection light, a probe, which is attached to a monitor portion of the subject and irradiates the living body inspection light from the light source to the subject, a light receiving unit, which receives living body inspection light irradiated from the probe and passed through the subject and outputs electrical signals depending on the intensity of the received living body inspection light, a second detector which processes the output signals of the light receiving unit and detects a thrombus passing through a blood vessel, characterized in further comprising a thrombus counting unit, which counts the number of thrombus by adding the number of thrombus detected by the first detector and the number of thrombus detected by the second detector, and a treatment use ultrasonic wave generating device, which transmits ultrasonic waves for dissolving a thrombus flowing through the blood vessel based on the counted number of the thrombus. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10)
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11. A thrombus detecting method comprising:
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a step of transmitting and irradiating ultrasonic waves and living body inspection light from an ultrasonic wave transducer and a living body light measurement probe attached at a monitor portion of a subject toward a blood vessel at the monitor portion, a step of measuring echo signals and/or penetrating living body light from the blood vessel at the monitor portion, and a step of counting a number of thrombus flowing in the blood vessel at the monitor portion based on addition of the intensity of the measured echo signals and penetrating living body light. - View Dependent Claims (12)
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13. A thrombus treating method comprising:
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a step of transmitting and irradiating ultrasonic waves and living body inspection light from an ultrasonic wave transducer and living body inspection light from an ultrasonic wave transducer and a living body light measurement probe attached at a monitor portion of a subject toward a blood vessel at the monitor portion, a step of measuring echo signals and penetrating living body light from the blood vessel at the monitor portion, a step of counting a number of thrombus flowing in the blood vessel at the monitor portion based on addition of the intensity of the measured echo signals and penetrating living body light, and a step of transmitting treatment use ultrasonic waves toward the blood vessel from the treatment use transducer attached to the subject for dissolving a thrombus passing through the blood vessel when a thrombus is counted in the counting step. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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